Think Human 2024: The Lost Paths Walk

Dr Tom Breen led a guided walk through Headington, exploring how rights of way are made, lost, and reclaimed. This event formed part of the Oxford Brookes Think Human Festival, an annual event which showcases the latest humanities research and reflects on how we understand ourselves as human beings.

The walk was very well attended!

Dr Tom Breen discussing the modern day public rights of way definitive maps

Warneford Meadow, which was subject to controversial development plans and subsequently registered as a town green in 2010

Dr Tom Breen showing nineteenth century OS maps of Warneford Meadow

The walk continues along Hill Top Road, a 1910s housing development

As we return to Brookes, a sign warns that no public rights shall be accrued